Site Services Manager

Title: Site Services Manager – Tilmanstone, Kent

Salary: Competitive

Benefits: Bonus Scheme
Private Healthcare

25 days holiday plus Bank holidays
Access to MyRewards (Discount Website)
Group Pension (including employer contributions)

We are the leading provider of fresh prepared food in the UK, with an international presence in the US and China. Our 19,000 employees operate from 39 locations, developing and producing innovative food for a wide variety of occasions and budgets. In the UK, we work with leading grocery retailers, focusing on their own label brands.

The role

Due to retirement an opportunity has arisen for a Site Services Manager to join our team at Tilmanstone Salads, based near Dover in Kent. Our site employs around 850 people and each year it produces millions of bags of leafy salads and prepared vegetables for a dedicated customer. Reporting into the Engineering Manager you will be responsible for managing site services to optimise productions levels.

You will be a self-motivated and organised individual with previous experience in a chilled food environment. You will also manage planned, predictive, and reactive maintenance to prevent issues occurring. Within this role you will also support the operational teams

Duties will include.

Manage the development of site asset strategies to meet legal and environmental compliance.

Develop and maintain an effective and accurate maintenance cost plan, regularly provide updates to stakeholders, value engineer and provide expenditure forecasts.

Develop impact and contingency plans for estate asset and/or service failure in consultation with subject matter experts.

Contribute to reports, for example, internal performance reports, estate asset management plans, reports to sector specific regulators and certifying bodies.

Identify opportunities for continuous improvement of estate asset management systems.

Support the selection of external suppliers, the setting of objectives for suppliers and performance measurement of suppliers within the context of the organisation’s estate asset management approach.

Champion the estate asset management approach, including implementation of the resource and competence strategy, within the organisation to support clear and consistent decision making.

Undertake technical performance reviews in collaboration with the organisation’s functions and stakeholders.

Manage engineering documentation to ensure it is current.

Manage availability and performance of estate asset maintenance tools and equipment. Review suitability and efficiency.

Management of day-to-day HR activities for direct reports.

Requires Skills & Experience:

• Engineering Apprenticeship level 3
• NEBOSH General Certificate
• NEBOSH Environment Certificate
• Demonstrates strong people management skills
• Previous experience within a similar role in a FMCG environment
• Engineering degree would be desirable
• Computer Literate in all Microsoft packages
• Understanding of Good Hygiene working practises

Bakkavor is the leading provider of fresh prepared food in the UK, with a growing international presence in the US and China. We are number one in the UK in the four product categories of meals, salads, desserts and pizza & bread, providing high-quality, fresh, healthy and convenient food. Our customers include every major UK grocery retailer, including Tesco, Marks & Spencer, Sainsbury's and Waitrose, and some of the world’s best-known food brands. We have over 19,000 employees, our headquarters are in London and we have 23 factories in the UK, 5 in the US and 9 in China.